hi i seem to be stumbling from one problem to another right now haha. my next problem concerns minitube and its installation. i downloaded the source from the website and followed the instructions given in the readme file :

craig@craigevil:~/Download/minitube$ ./minitube or right clicking on minitube launches it. You might have to set the executable bit on minitube.

Too bad there isn't a Debain package.

Take a look at the Minitube FAQ page:

Minitube FAQWhy do I get no video and/or audio?If you’re on Linux you probably miss the Gstreamer Phonon backend or the GStreamer codecs (or both). Install phonon-backend-gstreamer, gstreamer-ffmpeg and gstreamer-plugins-bad. If the problem persists, try to run this command

Selecting previously deselected package minitube.(Reading database ... 119691 files and directories currently installed.)Unpacking minitube (from minitube_0.8.1-1_amd64.deb) ...dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of minitube: minitube depends on libqt4-network (>= 4:4.5.3); however: Version of libqt4-network on system is 4.4.3-1. minitube depends on libqt4-xml (>= 4:4.5.3); however: Version of libqt4-xml on system is 4.4.3-1. minitube depends on libqtcore4 (>= 4:4.5.3); however: Version of libqtcore4 on system is 4.4.3-1. minitube depends on libqtgui4 (>= 4:4.5.3); however: Version of libqtgui4 on system is 4.4.3-1. minitube depends on phonon (>= 4:4.5.2); however: Version of phonon on system is 4:4.2.0-2.dpkg: error processing minitube (--install): dependency problems - leaving unconfiguredErrors were encountered while processing: minitube

trouble is, i got my versions of qt from the repos only today and yesterday. i'm not sure where i could get updated versions of those packages^^. forgive me if that sounds silly, im quite new to linux, a few weeks with this version of debian and about a month with fedora 11 prior. any ideas how i can update those packages?

to your /etc/apt/sources.list then run aptitude update, followed by aptitude install minitube -s Keep an eye on what it wants to upgrade and install, if it looks ok go for it. But keep in mind mixing releases is not a good idea.

we're getting closer and closer with each step i followed all your instructions, minitube starts fine now, but i get a message saying 'A required codec is missing. You need to install the following codec(s) to play this content: MPEG-4 AAC"tried installing faad ect but to no avail....so close lol